Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav and match referee Jeff Crowe shared a chuckle collectively after India misplaced their fifth consecutive toss on Friday, October 31. The second T20I of the five-match collection is presently underway on the Melbourne Cricket Floor. He was additionally seen asking his teammates to worship the god to convey some luck.
The Males in Blue, who misplaced the ODI leg of the collection by a 2-1 margin, misplaced all their tosses then. Even within the first T20I in Canberra, which ended as a no-result because of incessant rain, the hosts have been profitable within the coin touchdown of their favour.
Neither Shubman Gill nor Suryakumar have been capable of finding any luck on the continuing white-ball tour. Alternatively, the toss forward of the second T20I meant Mitchell Marsh has gained 19 tosses in T20Is and has opted to discipline first in every of the 19 occurrences.
Australia gained the toss and opted to bowl first within the second T20I in opposition to India. 📸: JioHotstar [Cricket, AUSvsIND, Mitchell Marsh, Suryakumar Yadav, CricTracker]
01:21 PM · Oct 31, 2025
Coming to the rain-curtailed encounter in Canberra, Gill and Suryakumar remained unbeaten on 37(20) and 39 (24), respectively. The opening contest of the collection was finally deserted after solely 9.4 overs have been bowled. India posted 97/1 earlier than inclement climate took over. Abhishek Sharma (19 off 14) was the one batter to fall.
Suryakumar is coming off a profitable T20I stint when it comes to successful the 2025 Asia Cup, which was performed within the UAE. Though he was not fairly in the very best of type with the bat, his astute management ensured India clinched the title with out struggling any losses all through the marketing campaign. He can be aiming to do properly with the bat within the present collection Down Underneath.
Close to the second match, Suryakumar introduced that India can be going forward with the identical workforce. Alternatively, Marsh introduced that Matthew Quick will exchange Josh Philippe within the workforce sheet for the night. A second of silence was noticed for Australian teenage cricketer Ben Austin, who tragically handed away after being struck by a ball within the nets on Tuesday.
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